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When former President Fidel V. Ramos visited my university as guest lecturer last Thursday, I took the opportunity to ask what he thinks the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must do to be more relevant in the coming years. President Ramos has a deep appreciation of the ASEAN. His father, former Secretary of Foreign [...]
While we are so engrossed with the food crisis, a revolution is a-brewing in Mindanao. Yesterday, a band of Islamic militants staged a rally in Sulu, one of the Southernmost islands of the Philippines (see story below). The rallyists called for independence from Manila, the seat of power. Police were unable to resist the militants, who carry long knives tucked in their waists.
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